Influenza

Parenteral Flu Vaccination Prompts Immune Response

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 27th, 1995

A rapid immune response occurred simultaneously in the blood and the upper respiratory tract of subjects vaccinated subcutaneously with inactivated influenza vaccine, suggesting a rapid humoral response in the upper respiratory tract.

An increased production of influenza virus-specific antibodies has been detected in in vitro cultures of peripheral blood lymphocytes collected one week after vaccination.

Researcher Karl A. Brokstad and colleagues previously observed a similar trend, but the high level of influenza virus-specific antibody-secreting cells (ASC) in peripheral blood was short-lived and after two to three weeks returned to prevaccination...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (1995-02-27)

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